Following nationwide detentions in the Soviet Union March 1, four Kishinev activists were sentenced to 15 days on charges of “petty hooliganism” for attempting to present their cases to the local ovir. it was reported Thursday by the National Conference on Soviet Jewry. The four are: Yakov Shvartzman, Mark Abramovich, Leonid Bendersky and Sender Levinson. Two passersby, Miron Dorfman and Yakov Starkman. were also sentenced. The NCSJ also reported that the wives of these activists plan to stage their own hunger strike Friday, “International Women’s Day,” a holiday observed throughout Communist countries.
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